Ione gets back to the Prime Material and checks in with the others. They are all very stressed and busy. Apparently the convention managed to go to shit in under a week, which is really much faster than she was expecting it to take. She borrows Naima's earrings and gets some tips on topics to listen for, then settles in to hear what people have been saying around Westcrown since she left.

The first topic she inquires about is the convention.